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Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $70,631
87%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 87%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.


FReepathon: Our new Donation System is Ready to Roll! -- Thread Two
Free Republic Donation System ^ | Originally Published 9/28/02 | Jim Robinson

Posted on 10/01/2002 12:08:57 AM PDT by Auntie Mame

Edited on 10/02/2002 11:59:40 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Welcome to the New Free Republic Donation System!

John has programmed a great new donation system for us. It can accept credit cards or PayPal donations and will eventually also accept electronic checks. We have installed a new secure server system and have contracted with Authorize.net to do the actual credit card processing, and, of course, PayPal will process the PayPal donations through their system.

I've changed the links on our front page to link to the new program:

https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/

If you have bookmarks to the old system, please update to the new. The old system will be discontinued.

Take a test drive through the new system if you haven't already, and notice that it has several new features and reports available, including scoreboard, current stats, our budget and a faq. It's live now, so if you enter a donation it's for real (and thank you very much if you do).

John will continue making enhancements to the new system as we go, but the basic program is ready to go, and is live, and on the air.

We've decided to roll out our 4th quarter fundraiser with the new system on a late Saturday afternoon, as Saturday's are slow days and we might as well be gentle while breaking in the new system.

Thank you John for the new system! Great work!

Thank you BadJoe, WillaJohns, WIMom and all of the dedicated hardworking volunteers on the fundraising team who have helped us so much with these FReepathons in the past.

And thank you all for your continuing efforts! Without your dedication and hard work, FR could not stay on the air.

And thank you FReepers! Without your continued participation and financial support there would be no Free Republic!

A note to current monthly donors: We will need you to re-enter your recurring monthly donation to the new system, but please do not do it yet. Joe just processed your September donations on the 20th of September. The new system processes your donation on the day it is entered, so please wait until later in October to start your monthly on the new system. Also, please let BadJoe know via FReepmail (and please include your real name so he can match it with your credit card info in his file) after you re-enter your monthly donation so he can take you off his list. At the end of October, he will email all of those on his list who have not contacted him to remind them of the new system. Thank you very much for your continued support.

A note to prospective new monthly donors: We have included a list of our fixed monthly expenses as well as an estimate of our non-recurring expenses on our budget page of the donation system. We've also included an estimate of our current recurring monthly donations from our monthly donors. If and when the total of the recurring monthly donations ever meets our monthly expenses, there will no longer be a need for these FReepathons. It can happen someday. Thank you for considering a regular monthly contribution.

Note to all: We are looking forward to an exciting and rewarding election cycle. I know that we are not all in full agreement on this, but I sincerely believe that we have an excellent opportunity with this election to set the liberals back many years. And I also believe that winning this election in a big way for the conservatives will be the spark that allows our fight to return the Constitution to its rightful place as the Supreme Law of the Land to really get off the ground. I sincerely believe this is essential in our fight to secure our Liberty!

We hold the White House and the House of Representatives. If we re-take the majority in the Senate, it will be one of the very rare times in our history that the conservatives have held the majority control in all departments.

I see this as a gift from God. A majority means that the conservatives will chair the various committees of Congress and can set the legislative agenda. And, perhaps more importantly, a majority in the Senate will make it much more likely that President Bush's appointments will be confirmed.

This means we will be able to start replacing some of the liberal judicial activists on the bench with conservatives (don't tell Daschle & Co. that) and perhaps we will finally have a real shot at actually overturning some of the liberal bunk that has been foisted on us over the last century or so. How about overturning Roe vs Wade? With the current mood of the populace and with a conservative Senate, I think it can be done!

Remember, the liberals have controlled all or most of our government for at least 80 of the last 100 years. No wonder we are in such a mess today. This is the best opportunity we've ever had to reverse it in a big way. Kick the liberals out! Take control of the Senate and replace the liberal judiciary. This alone will set liberalism back thirty to forty years!

We must not fail to take advantage of this opportunity. Daschle and Company sense their days are numbered and are in a panic. Now is the time to redouble our efforts and throw these bums out!

I expect the volume on Free Republic to pick-up substantially as we head into the final weeks and days of the campaign season. And I expect exciting things will be happening for for all of us!

Thank you all very much!

God bless you all and may God continue to bless America!


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Breaking News; Free Republic; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: appreciation; bandwidth; celebration; freepathon; freepers; gratitude; love; supportoursite
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To: lodwick
You have fmail..;)
141 posted on 10/01/2002 12:15:17 PM PDT by grannie9
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To: glock rocks; Grampa Dave
Bump & Ping!
142 posted on 10/01/2002 12:16:19 PM PDT by EdReform
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To: Jim Robinson
Thank You Lone Star State FREEPER

Thank you Sunshine State FREEPER!!!!!

Thank you Keystone State FREEPER!!!!

Thank you Blue Grass State FREEPER!!!!

Thank you Bay State FREEPER!!!!


143 posted on 10/01/2002 12:16:23 PM PDT by Gabz
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To: grannie9
Someone with skills can put your promise on the grill top, and it will be totally ready for thread bombing - that is so great. Thanks a bunch for bringing it here. ;-)
144 posted on 10/01/2002 12:16:28 PM PDT by lodwick
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To: lodwick
Oh I could have done that.. sheeesh..
145 posted on 10/01/2002 12:17:53 PM PDT by grannie9
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To: lodwick
I sent you the code in fmail..
146 posted on 10/01/2002 12:18:51 PM PDT by grannie9
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To: Auntie Mame
I will be renewing my $30 monthly on October 20th under the new system (since my September 20th payment has already been processed). So please count my contribution in the total amount as it will keep on coming! It's the best $30 a month I've spent since beer costed just $15 a case. Thank you and good day.
147 posted on 10/01/2002 12:19:42 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: grannie9
LOL!!!

My guess is that al got a bit drunker than the chickens.

148 posted on 10/01/2002 12:22:41 PM PDT by Gabz
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To: Gabz
He swears he was sober.. So, you wouldn't believe him any more than I did? Good thinkin..! Talk about falling down on the job...
149 posted on 10/01/2002 12:24:34 PM PDT by grannie9
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To: EdReform
I'll be gone until ~9 pm or so
150 posted on 10/01/2002 12:25:53 PM PDT by EdReform
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To: SamAdams76

thank you, sir

151 posted on 10/01/2002 12:27:50 PM PDT by glock rocks
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To: grannie9
LOL!!!

But I didn't know you ere suposed to cover the chickens in foil!!!!!

152 posted on 10/01/2002 12:31:34 PM PDT by Gabz
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To: Jim Robinson
Got this in Freepmail

$25 from CA via snail mail

Thank You California !!!!


153 posted on 10/01/2002 12:34:22 PM PDT by Mo1
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To: Gabz
That's not tin-foil.. that's the results of nuking.. lol
154 posted on 10/01/2002 12:35:50 PM PDT by grannie9
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To: grannie9
This picture is great.

A couple of years ago we bought what my bride calls a cone of teflon up the chicken's butt holder.

You spray Pam on the teflon and insert it in the cavity. We had been putting an empty can with some water, lemon, rosemary and sage in the center of the chicken holder. This made the center of the chicken moist and full of flavor.

We were invited to a party with a lot of teachers. The subject got into cooking on the grill. We mentioned how great and moist the chickens were and how fast the whole chicken was cooked on our Weber using the up the chicken butt holder. One of the guys there asked if you could use beer instead of the can with water/lemon and spices. We said yes. We figured that he would know to open the can first being a teacher.

We get a call from his angry wife about a week later. He had bought one of the teflon up the chicken butt holders.
They spiced the outside of the chicken and sprayed it with olive oil and dusted it with spices. Then, they put an unopened can of beer on the grill and put the holder and the chicken over the can of beer.

About 15 minutes into the cooking, the can exploded. There was no fire, in fact the beer put the charcoal out. However the chicken was splattered all around the and on the grill.

By now I had the phone as my wife was breaking up into tears of laughter. I started laughing and the gal got mad. I stopped her and asked her if they voted for Clinton in the election that year. She said yes, and I said that didn't surprise me. Then I hung up.
155 posted on 10/01/2002 12:37:12 PM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Grampa Dave
OMG... That's perfect.. Hey.. we did open the cans..we aren't quite that dumb or senile yet.. (no, really);)

We have one those up the keister chicken holders.. I never thought to use it on the grill tho.. I wonder if mine is big enough for a can? I'll have to check it out..

Funny story.. You could figure they voted for Clinton for sure..
156 posted on 10/01/2002 12:42:39 PM PDT by grannie9
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To: grannie9
LOL!!!

Cooking on the grill is not my forte - but even I couldn't do that!!!!!!

157 posted on 10/01/2002 12:43:29 PM PDT by Gabz
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To: Gabz
Of course not.. You couldn't possibly imbibe that much....
158 posted on 10/01/2002 12:45:21 PM PDT by grannie9
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To: Grampa Dave
That is too funny - I guess we'll all be looking for the teflon chickie holders now. Thanks for bringing that one.
159 posted on 10/01/2002 12:46:44 PM PDT by lodwick
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To: Grampa Dave
THAT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!
160 posted on 10/01/2002 12:54:47 PM PDT by Gabz
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